Careers

Atlantic Canada is considered a global leader in salmon farming – from our state-of-the-art farms, hatcheries and processing plants to our world-class research facilities, feed plants and innovative engineering firms.

While many of the jobs directly related to salmon farming occur in Atlantic Canada’s rural and coastal communities, the success of salmon farming has created employment opportunities throughout the region in feed manufacturing, packaging, transportation, supply and service sectors as well as spin-off jobs in other sectors including retail and tourism. View our downloadable career graphic in the resources section below.

In October 2022, the ACFFA’s Science, Research and Technology Forum was held in conjunction with a Women of Salmon Farming Symposium, a first-of-its-kind event in Atlantic Canada aimed at harnessing opportunities for women and improving gender equity in our region’s salmon farming sector.

Participants reviewed the high-level insights from ACFFA’s study: Gender-Based Opportunities and Challenges in Salmon Farming in Atlantic Canada which examines gender equity throughout Atlantic Canada’s salmon farming value chain.

In October 2023, during the Responsible Seafood Summit (co-hosted by ACFFA) in Saint John, New Brunswick, the ACFFA facilitated a workshop on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with the support of Ernst and Young. Input gathered at the workshop will be used by ACFFA going forward to create an Atlantic project committee.